222 Lieut. W. W. Cordeanx on the Birds of 



swarmed with Acrocephalus brunnescens, their loud harsh 

 note being heard everywhere. I found the nest attached to 

 reeds and constructed of dry grasses^ but without eggs. 



May 29th. Shot a young male Paradise Flycatcher {Tchi- 

 trea paradisea) in chestnut plumage, having the long tail. 

 I am encamped in an old park of gigantic plane trees, from 

 250 to 300 years old, said to have been planted by Akbar 

 Khan. The place swarms with Daws and Sturnus iinicolor. 

 The Golden Oriole is common, but it is hard to see him, as 

 he is a very wary and shy bird. 



June \st. Shot a pair of Lanius erythronotus ; also a 

 female of Oriolus kundoo, and took the nest of the latter^ con- 

 taining one egg, of a pale rosy-white colour, with a few black 

 spots. The nest was built of dry grass, and hung suspended 

 from- a willow-bough over the water. 



June 3rd. Shot Geocichla unicolor, a male. This bird is 

 found all over the valley, and has a very pleasing note, not 

 unlike that of the English Thrush ; also obtained Badytes 

 calcaratus, Hodgs., a fine male, and a young Tchitrea para- 

 disea, in what appears the first year's plumage. 



June 5th. Got a male Pheasant-tailed Jacana [Hydropha- 

 sianus chirurgus) ; later on I took the eggs, pyriform in shape 

 and of a fine dark bronze-colour ; the nest Avas made on one 

 of the large beds of floating weed with which the lake is 

 more or less covered. 



June 6th. Saw a pair of Wrynecks, one of which, the male, 

 was procured; also three White-cheeked Bulbuls {Otocompsa 

 leucogenys) and two Grebes, both males {Podiceps philip- 

 pensis^). I found the nest of the latter, with one egg, of a 

 dirty green colour. The nest was a mere mass of decay- 

 ing weeds, resting on a large lily-leaf and attached to some 

 rushes. There was a great deal of heat in the nest from the 

 decaying weeds, the e^^ itself being completely hidden by 

 weeds and almost under water. 



June 7th. Procured an example of the Grey Tit {Parus 



cinereus)) and also took a nest of Turtur meena, Sykes [7'. ru- 



picola, Pallas. — J. C], from a low willow tree. Found several 



* [Probably not separable from P. tninor, L. — J. C] 



